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Pregnancy centers never killed anyone

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Wednesday November 6, 2013 6:22 AM

In her Saturday letter “State shouldn't support aid agencies that
push a religion,” the Rev. Leslie Carole Taylor wrote about the “deceptive nature” of
crisis-pregnancy centers and alleged that such centers make “false arguments that contraception
causes abortion and abortion causes breast cancer.”

According to WebMD, hormonal contraceptives, i.e. the pill, can prevent ovulation and also can
change the cervical mucus to make it difficult for the sperm to find an egg. Hormonal
contraceptives also can prevent pregnancy by making the lining of the womb inhospitable for
implantation. That third mechanism is the abortifacient one. Conception has already occurred. If
the newly conceived life can’t implant in the endometrium, it dies. The pill can cause an early
abortion.

The pregnancy centers Taylor is so concerned about aren’t making false arguments. And why is she
concerned about “deception” but not the taking of innocent life? Taylor supports Planned
Parenthood: the largest abortion provider in the United States.

The following women died from complications after receiving an RU-486 or surgical abortion
courtesy of Planned Parenthood: Holly Patterson, 18; Vivian Tran, 22; Edrica Goode, age 21; Nichole
Williams, 22; Tonya Reaves, 24; and Diana Lopez, 25. I challenge Taylor to name one woman who has
died as a result of services received at a crisis-pregnancy center.